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Hands off my Samsung, Apple

Apple’s demand that Samsung remove its smartphones found in violation of its patents by a California jury recently has some expecting the Jobs-tapo to come knocking on their door soon.

They’re joking … I think.

I’m a proud owner of a Samsung Galaxy smartphone, albeit not one on Apple’s black list. Even if my phone was among the patent violators, neither Apple nor law enforcement could come and reclaim it from me.

Apple’s demand only applies to unsold phones, and the request won’t be considered by a judge until at least Sept. 20.

So if you want a Galaxy on the list, go buy one soon.

As for the patent infringement, you have to chuckle a bit at what Apple was fighting for. They sued Samsung over seemingly innocuous design details, such as a rectangular-shaped device (don’t you wish your’s was shaped like a triangle? Or an octagon?) and square icons to denote apps on the touch screen.

Apple’s claim on the tap-to-zoom screen feature is somewhat more legitimate, as is the bounce-back feature when users scroll to the bottom of a screen (which is more annoying than useful on my phone, by the way).

I’m waiting for the descendents of Henry Mill, the 18th century inventor credited with coming up with the typewriter, to sue Samsung for incorporating a slide-out keyboard into my smartphone.

Anyway, share your thoughts on the smartphone wars and patent infringements in the comments section below.